Meanings
nounturbillion (plural turbillions)
plural turbillions · alternative turbullion
- archaicA whirlwind or vortex.
each of them is a fun moving on its own axis in the centre of its own vortex or turbillion
1712 September 11 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “SUNDAY, September 1, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 472; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume V, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC1 more example
'I would not undertake to supply either lords or ladies wi' such a turbullion of roaring, and thumping, and winnowing of arms, for a month's wages twice told.'
1836, Joanna Baillie, Enthusiasm, act 2
Origin
- Latinturbo“a whirl”
- Frenchtourbillon
- Englishturbillion
French tourbillon, from Latin turbo (“a whirl”).
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